PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Manuel La Bor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Moe Lester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Bor comes to the cage accompanied by Centuries. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

La Bor
vs
Lester

179 cm
26
155 lbs
17 - 6 - 2

180 cm
26
164 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 2, fighting out of New York, Manuel La Bor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Moe Lester!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lester throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lester misses the jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La Bor.
Lester misses the shot to the body.
La Bor was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
La Bor scores with a hook.
Lester misses with a hook to the body
and La Bor counters with a nice uppercut.
La Bor throws a body shot but no joy.
Lester swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La Bor throwing a counter right hand but Lester manages to avoid it.
Lester misses with a looping left.
La Bor shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lester throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La Bor waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lester.
Lester slips under a jab.
The fighters circling - Lester throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lester throws the left hand but La Bor avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester misses with a hook.
La Bor lands with an overhand left.
Lester throws a big shot that misses.
Jab, jab by La Bor - just one landing.
Lester connects with a good right hand that stumbles La Bor. La Bor circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lester ducks under a wild hook from La Bor.
La Bor definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Lester attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lester misses with a shot to the body
and Lester takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lester throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La Bor throws a hook but Lester avoids it easily.
La Bor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lester sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lester is looking to slow La Bor down with leg kicks.
Nice defenses there by La Bor.
La Bor missing with a left hand there. Lester was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lester misses the jab.
Lester throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lester dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
La Bor keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lester lands a nice shot that snaps La Bor's head back.
La Bor jabs at Lester's body.
Manuel La Bor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Bor looks to score with a jab to the body but Lester is just out of range.
Lester throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lester misses with a leg kick.
La Bor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

La Bor has closed the distance and engaged Lester in a clinch.
La Bor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lester misses with a hook from the clinch.
La Bor lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Bor tries a body shot but Lester blocks it.
Lester swings wildly with an uppercut but La Bor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lester misses with a punch to the body.
Lester scores with a nice hook to the head.
La Bor misses with some punches.
Lester tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La Bor scores with an uppercut up the middle.
La Bor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lester tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from La Bor.
La Bor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lester working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
La Bor lands a body shot.
A short uppercut from La Bor.
Lester's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Bor misses with the head strike.
Lester has a couple of punches blocked by La Bor.

La Bor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
La Bor cracks Lester with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lester rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and La Bor counters with a stiff right hand.
La Bor lands a slapping body shot.

La Bor clinches up with Lester and pushes him back against the cage.
La Bor keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lester's efforts to push away.
La Bor lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
La Bor lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Lester.
La Bor misses with the head strike.
La Bor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
La Bor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lester scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manuel La Bor dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lester slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
La Bor throws a hook to the side of Lester's head but Lester sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
La Bor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lester.
La Bor connects with a solid leg kick.
La Bor throws a hook to the side of Lester's head but Lester sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lester is clearly trying to counter these attacks from La Bor with a body shot.
Lester takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lester misses with a looping left.
La Bor lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
La Bor on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
La Bor walks into a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Bor connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lester momentarily.
A big right from La Bor misses.
La Bor smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lester slips a jab from La Bor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester throws a hook but La Bor blocks it.
Lester swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling La Bor to counter with a crisp jab.
Lester takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lester lands with a shot to the body.
La Bor bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lester's head.
La Bor throws a body punch but Lester moves out of range.
Lester throws a looping overhand right but La Bor ducks down to avoid it.
La Bor throws a poor cross that misses
and Lester counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Lester dodges the punch combination from La Bor.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! La Bor crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lester - the referee stops the clock and La Bor gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lester. La Bor manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Manuel La Bor is winning the standup battle so far.
Lester lands a nice looking body shot.
La Bor cracks Lester with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lester lands a really nice looking cross but La Bor seems unphased.
Lester throws a low kick but La Bor moves out of range easily.
La Bor throws a hook to the side of Lester's head but Lester sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
La Bor throws a body punch but Lester moves out of range.
Lester lands a front kick.
Lester lands with an uppercut that bounces La Bor off the cage and back into range.
Nice defenses there by Lester.
Lester let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
La Bor lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
La Bor throws a sloppy body shot
and Lester counters with a nice low kick that buckles La Bor's knee momentarily.
La Bor misses with a looping left.
Lester fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
La Bor throws a jab but it's blocked by Lester.
La Bor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lester avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lester misses with a hook
and La Bor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lester is looking to chop away at La Bor's legs.
Lester throws a jab when La Bor was well out of range.
Lester uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from La Bor.
Lester circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lester counters with a straight right hand.
La Bor falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lester counters with a nice uppercut.
La Bor staying out of range there.
La Bor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lester throws out the jab.
Lester throws out a loose jab but La Bor uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
La Bor thumps Lester with a low kick.
La Bor throws a hook but Lester blocks it.
La Bor throws a body punch but Lester moves out of range.
La Bor digs a good body shot into Lester's ribs.
Lester looks to land a right hand but La Bor moved out of range.
La Bor cracks Lester with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lester misses with an uppercut
and La Bor counters with a right hand to the body.
La Bor takes a shot right to the bread basket.
La Bor walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lester cracks La Bor with an open hand slap.
A big left from La Bor misses.
La Bor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lester.
La Bor on the wrong end of a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Moe Lester will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

La Bor feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lester's calf.
Lester looks to land a left hand but La Bor moved out of range nicely.
Lester is looking to slow La Bor down with leg kicks.
La Bor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lester moves away.
La Bor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lester throws out the jab.
Lester dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on La Bor. That did some damage!
Lester lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
La Bor shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
La Bor turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lester uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from La Bor.
Lester looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lester throws a hook but La Bor avoids it easily.
La Bor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lester moves away.
La Bor throws an overhand right that lands on Lester's shoulder, as Lester tries to avoid the shot.
It seemed like Lester was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
La Bor scores with a nice head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Bor misses with a looping left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lester! But no joy.
La Bor chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lester can pounce on him.
La Bor throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lester counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps La Bor thinking.
A slow jab from Lester misses its intended target.
La Bor comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lester thumps La Bor with a low kick.
That kick from La Bor tenderised Lester's leg. Lester is trying to keep his angry face on.
La Bor throws an off balance right hand
and Lester counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
La Bor throws a lazy uppercut
and Lester counters with a nice kick to the body.
La Bor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A slow jab from Lester misses its intended target.
A little feinted left hand from La Bor on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lester connects with a good right hand that stumbles La Bor. La Bor circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Bor tries to close the distance and clinch but Lester swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
La Bor backing away here, and Lester unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Lester scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Bor lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
La Bor blocks a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Lester misses the target.
Lester wants to land a leg kick but La Bor is out of range.
Lester misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La Bor.
La Bor misses with an uppercut
and Lester counters with a lovely straight right hand!
La Bor just misses with a punch to the body.
Lester misses with a body punch

and La Bor holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lester tries to throw a body punch but La Bor avoids it by throwing Lester back against the cage.
Lester tries to throw a body punch but La Bor avoids it by throwing Lester back against the cage.
La Bor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for La Bor.
Lester's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lester throws a head punch that misses.
La Bor lands a left hand.
Lester lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lester tries to work over La Bor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La Bor tries to work over Lester's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La Bor tries to work over Lester's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lester lands with a light punch inside.
La Bor misses with the head strike.
La Bor lands a right hand.
La Bor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La Bor scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lester swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, La Bor creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lester misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Lester.
Lester lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Bor misses with a punch to the body.
La Bor has Lester pressed against the cage, preventing Lester from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La Bor.
Lester throws a head punch that misses.
La Bor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La Bor keeps control of Lester as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Manuel La Bor has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lester lands a nice shot to the body.
La Bor throws a head punch that misses.
La Bor has a couple of punches blocked by Lester.
Lester cracks La Bor with a nice body shot.
Lester misses with the head strike.
Lester scores with a hook to the body.
La Bor blocks a body shot from Lester.

And that's the end of the fight!
Moe Lester comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lester has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Moe Lester!
The defeated Manuel La Bor had this to say: 'This IS frustrating, but the training that I have received in preparation for you, will be followed with more. Nice win and I salute you.'.